There were mint-green pumps, polka-dot kitten heels with ankle straps, pointy-toed brown Dries Van Noten rip-offs and, my favourite, a red and white candy-striped pair with a buckle.
These cost anything from $35 to $95 but, putting the emphasis on entrepreneurship, Kick Start are selling the pumps to farmers rather than giving them away.
The adrenalin pumps regularly and often, whether we're in mortal danger or just coming out to bat at number 9 for Malden Wanderers third XI.
And in the US, though breast pumps, vasectomies and artificial teeth are sales tax-exempt and tax-deductible medical care, tampons are not even exempted from sales tax in some states (including California and New York, two of the most populous states).
Its solar-powered pumps, tanks and filter banks are capable of filtering larger quantities of water stored in a 150,000-litre reservoir underneath the central courtyard, and pumped daily to provide drinking water on demand.
Worse still for the "united Ireland now" lobby is the undeniable fact that the Republic is flat broke and would be unable to afford the billions the UK Treasury pumps into Northern Ireland each year.
The electricity network was not designed to cope with widespread use of small-scale electricity generation, or with technologies such as electric cars and heat pumps that consume large amounts of electricity.
Testing the impact of having 450 heat pumps installed in homes, and the impact of this form of electrical heating (instead of gas) on the electricity grid.
Thongs (aka flip-flops) melted and petrol pumps were turned off to stop fuel vaporising.
He hopes to eventually fit air source heat pumps - which extract warmth from outdoor air and transfer it indoors for heating - and solar hot water systems in customers' homes.
Solution: Kick Start told The Atlantic that, since 1991, their pumps have lifted 667,000 people out of poverty, helping to "create an entrepreneurial middle class, starting with the family farm".
